Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Nike's second-quarter revenue edged up 1% to $12.4 billion on North American wholesale growth, but Greater China sales fell 17%, tariffs cut gross margin by 3 points and the shares fell more than 10% the next morning.

A sequel to Studio Pierrot's 2014 Yona of the Dawn TV anime was announced in the same Hana to Yume issue that carried the final chapter of Mizuho Kusanagi's 16-year fantasy manga.

A Paris judicial court ruled on 19 December 2025 that Shein would not have to suspend its French website for three months, rejecting the government's bid to enforce a shutdown sought after the platform's childlike-sex-doll listings. The court instead ordered Shein to add genuine age verification for adult products.

The Kaiju No. 8 anime will adapt the manga's ending in a Final Chapter, announced with a teaser promo on the franchise's Jump Festa 2026 stage.

MAPPA's follow-up to the Reze Arc film was unveiled at Jump Festa '26, confirming that Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man would continue on screen with an adaptation of the manga's Assassins arc.

Bones Film's adaptation of Kei Urana's grimy fantasy Gachiakuta was renewed for a second season the moment its first season's finale finished airing.

Monster's Egg's bite-sized web anime brings the mofusand cat illustrations to life, following Shark Meow, a clumsy tabby in a shark costume, and friends through cozy seasonal moments.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook, Nike's lead independent director, bought 50,000 Nike Class B shares at a weighted average $58.97 on 22 December 2025, days after Nike's second-quarter report sent the shares down, taking his holding to 105,480 shares.

The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued an emergency special permit for segments 324 and 325 of the interstate Santa Ynez Pipeline System, approving Sable Offshore's enhanced integrity management practices and setting operational conditions. It is a step toward restarting the onshore transportation that has kept Sable's restarted Santa Ynez Unit oil in storage rather than on sale.

Alo removes the paywall from its Alo Wellness Club app, formerly the $12-a-month Alo Moves, opening its full library of classes and programmes free to members of its Alo Access loyalty programme.

The Undead Unluck anime confirmed a second season the same night its Winter Arc special aired, with a new illustration from creator Yoshifumi Tozuka.

Cloud Art streams Sword of Coming 2nd Season, continuing the donghua about an ordinary boy who splits the sky with a single sword and becomes a legendary swordsman after felling a peerless rival.

Pure Arts' Beyond Time's Gaze begins release, a Chinese donghua following Xu Qing, the sole survivor of the ruined Nanhuang Continent, as a mysterious purple crystal starts him on a cultivation journey and into the Thunder Squad's ranks.

China's Eastern Theater Command sent ground, naval, air and rocket forces to encircle Taiwan in two days of blockade and live-fire drills, its eighth major exercise around the island since 2022, after a US arms sale worth over $11 billion.

Founder Chip Wilson nominates three directors - ex-On co-CEO Marc Maurer, ex-ESPN marketing chief Laura Gentile and ex-Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg - for the 2026 annual meeting and proposes declassifying Lululemon's board.

The integrated transport hub at the Beijing City Sub-centre, under Tongyun Subdistrict in Tongzhou District, took its first passengers on the Beijing-Tangshan and Beijing-Binhai intercity railways, with an interchange to Subway Line 6 at Beiyunhedong. Construction of the hub started on 30 November 2019.

Saks Global failed to make a bond interest payment of more than $100 million that was due on 30 December 2025, entering a grace period while it negotiated with creditors, just under five months after its last debt restructuring.

Iraq's Al Faw Grand Port, a deep-water container port on its only stretch of coastline, is aiming to commission its first phase, positioning the country as a new global shipping hub.